Abstract: A method for baiting fishing hooks by a baiting machine including a baiting station, wherein fishing hooks are pulled past the baiting station by a line which is attached in the hook's eye. The method includes the steps of threading bait at a first end section thereof, bringing the point of the hook into engagement with a second end section of the bait opposite the first end section during an introductory threading of the hook on to the bait, rotating the bait in a first direction about the spike under the influence of the force exerted on the bait by the hook, while the hook simultaneously continues to be threaded on the bait, and rotating the hook in a direction opposite to the first direction by pulling it off the line, until the bait has been threaded on to the bend of the hook. The invention also relates to a baiting machine for implementation of the method.